USD/JPY AI Live Scan, 1-hour chart, Monday, 1 June 2026
Every read JAFX AI made on the USD/JPY 1-hour chart that day, newest first: trend, structure, the levels it marked and what it said to watch.
23:00 UTC
Uptrend, grinding higher · RSI 55 · price 159.625
Higher lows since last week's 159.10 base, capped under 159.76.
USDJPY pushed through last week's 159.55 ceiling during the NY session and tagged 159.76 before fading back to mid-range. Price is consolidating just above EMA20 with RSI(14) cooling from the high-60s into the low-50s — momentum easing rather than reversing. The 159.76–160.00 zone is the obvious area to monitor given prior intervention talk around the figure.
Support: 159.32
Resistance: 159.76, 160.00
What it said to watch
Hourly close above 159.76 opens the path to the 160.00 psych level and intervention zone
Loss of 159.32 session low breaks the week's higher-low sequence
Verbal intervention from Tokyo near 160.00 could materially shift this read
Price spent most of the week pinned in a 159.10–159.55 range before an impulsive NY-session push Monday tagged 159.76, the week high. Pullback into Asia has held above the 159.45 EMA20 zone, leaving the breakout still in retest mode. RSI(14) cycling around 50 reflects the indecision after the spike.
Support: 159.45, 159.18, 159.096
Resistance: 159.761, 159.65
What it said to watch
H1 close above 159.76 confirms the breakout and opens 160.00 psych
Loss of 159.45 ema20 reverts price into the prior range
Break of 159.18 week low signals the breakout has failed
Thin Asia liquidity may exaggerate moves into London open
21:00 UTC
Sideways drift, late-week pop · RSI 56 · price 159.679
Broad range with upside break attempt.
Price spent most of the week coiling between 159.10 and 159.60 before a sharp NY-session impulse on Friday tagged 159.76, the week high. Pullback into the prior pivot near 159.65 has held so far, with EMA(20) tracking just below at 159.43 and RSI(14) cycling in the mid-50s. Risk-on tone from Trump–Hezbollah headlines coincided with the late-week pop.
Support: 159.43, 159.18, 159.096
Resistance: 159.761, 159.65
What it said to watch
Hourly close above 159.76 week high opens room toward 160.00 psych
Loss of 159.43 ema20 puts the week low at 159.18 back in play
Mid-East headlines remain the dominant catalyst given thin Asia calendar
20:00 UTC
Uptrend, fresh breakout · RSI 67 · price 159.736
Range break higher into 159.70s.
Price spent most of the week coiled between 159.10 and 159.55 before a sharp NY-session impulse today broke the range and tagged 159.76. RSI(14) pushed into the high-60s on the breakout and price now sits above both EMA(20) and EMA(50), with 159.48 — the prior range ceiling — as the immediate breakout base.
Support: 159.48, 159.30, 159.10
Resistance: 159.76, 160.00
What it said to watch
Hourly close back below 159.48 would negate the range break and put price back inside the week's range
Approach to 160.00 psych level brings intervention rhetoric back into focus given recent USD strength on US manufacturing data
Failure to hold 159.30 ema20 on a pullback weakens the breakout read
USDJPY broke out of a tight 159.20–159.55 range that had capped price since last week, with the NY session driving a clean impulse to 159.76 on stronger-than-expected US ISM Manufacturing. Pullback into 159.60 held and price is consolidating just under the session high, with EMA(20) and EMA(50) both below and rising. Structure favours continuation while the breakout base at 159.48 holds.
Support: 159.48, 159.18, 159.35
Resistance: 159.76, 160.00
What it said to watch
H1 close back below 159.48 breakout base would negate the breakout read
Approach to 160.00 psych level — intervention rhetoric historically active near this zone
Failure to hold 159.35 ema20 on a deeper pullback signals momentum loss
18:00 UTC
Uptrend, fresh impulse off range · RSI 62 · price 159.603
Range break, higher high printed.
Price spent most of the week coiling 159.10–159.55 before a sharp NY-session impulse today pushed through the range top to a session high at 159.761, with the ISM beat cited as the catalyst. Pullback into the close has held above the 159.48 breakout base and EMA(20), keeping the structural break intact. RSI(14) cooled from overbought into the low 60s on the retrace, consistent with a continuation pause rather than a failed break.
Support: 159.48, 159.10
Resistance: 159.761, 160.00
What it said to watch
Hourly close back below 159.48 would turn today's move into a false break
Approach to 160.00 is the obvious area to monitor given prior MoF intervention rhetoric
Failure to reclaim 159.70 keeps price pinned in the upper range